In 1995, I was diagnosed with cancer, and I had to practice what I preached. I had always said to 'believe in God' and 'don't give up' to little kids who had been diagnosed with cancer. I then thought if I can't call on that same God and same strength that I told people about, I would be a liar and a phony.

WWE asked me to be in the Hall of Fame, and I turned it down. You know why? They put Pete Rose in the wrestling Hall of Fame. This guy can't even get into his own Hall of Fame.

All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with 'Rocky,' so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.

I knew I wasn't going to be a rocket scientist - let's not be fools - but I wasn't going to be a bum.

I said I would never wear my gold again because it would be insensitive and disrespectful to all the people who died and lost everything in Katrina.

I'm tender on the inside.

To kids, I've always been more than just some big tough black guy. I train to be tough - I box and do karate - but underneath all that toughness is a tender man.

My mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually.

I would never do a commercial if I thought it was offensive to anyone.

Don't be getting sloppy drunk and telling them dirty jokes.

To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.

Back in the day, I would wear up to 45 pounds of gold. It would take me four hours to get dressed!

I am a tough guy.

My mother told me, 'Son, nobody else but God knows.' And that's what I'm about - reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope. Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That's what I do.

Obama's not Jesus. He can't walk on water.

In high school, I majored in brick masonry. We had the wood shop, the machine shop, so I know about all that. I wanted to build buildings when I graduated from high school. I do know my way around that stuff.

I could talk all day, T stands for talking, T stands for tender, T stands for things that don't even rhyme with T.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don't be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

I didn't come to Hollywood. Hollywood came to me. A lot of people wish they could say the things I say. Everyone out here is so phony, it's sickening.

See, behind all my tough, rough exterior is basically a marshmallow, maybe a pussycat. But not a wimp!

Mr. T. been to chemo, Mr. T been to radiation, hair fall out... but he's back. Now I can give hope when I go to the hospital, see the sick kids with cancer, tell them, don't quit.

I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.

My gold, my money couldn't stop cancer from appearing on my body. If they can't save me, then I don't need them.

As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.